Posted on 04/01/2012 6:22:01 PM PDT by mnehring
April Fool’s Day Announcement Brings Practical Joke to an End
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) – In an April Fool’s Day announcement that took the political world by storm, the Republican Party revealed today that its entire presidential race had been an elaborate prank.
“April Fool!” exclaimed former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum at a press conference in Washington, where they were joined by fellow merrymakers Newt Gingrich, Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry and Herman Cain.
Moments after revealing that the GOP primary had been one long practical joke, Mr. Santorum explained the rationale behind staging such a complicated and expensive prank.
“A lot of Americans are suffering right now and need a good laugh,” he said. “I think my colleagues and I can be justifiably proud of the entertainment we provided – even if it meant me wearing these ridiculous sweater vests.”
Former Godfather’s Pizza CEO Herman Cain agreed that the prank had gone well, but added, “I’m just amazed that the American people never figured out we were kidding.”
“I mean, I kept saying ‘9-9-9’ every four seconds, which was total and utter bullshit,” he said. “And everything out of Michele’s mouth made her sound like a mental patient.”
“True that,” Rep. Bachmann agreed.
Texas Governor Rick Perry said he worried that “every time I screwed up at a debate people would figure out I was pulling their legs,” but added, “The American people seemed to accept the idea that a Governor of Texas could be a blithering idiot.”
When one reporter mentioned that Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) was not at the press conference, a sudden silence fell over the gathering.
“Did anyone ever tell Ron this was supposed to be a prank?” Mr. Romney asked. “Holy cow, maybe he’s really serious.”
The prank was in 2008.Some joke that was.
Haw.
Haw.
It is to laugh.
If that is really true, then the GOP is a prank.
Seems to me that it was! We had the GOP choice running and finally forced upon us regardless of choice. I’d say that that alone is worth an April 1st statement.
Hang in there GOP (beltway folks), your time is coming...
Yep, they have been pulling this same joke every 4 years. It’s getting lame.
I doubt it’s really true....
But they are a joke.
Thank goodness..I kept saying to myself...
Is this a joke, or what??
So the punchline must be that Sarah Palin is the nominee.
If only.
If only.
If only this were true! Perry/Palin is what we need to fix this country.
With Romney as a possible GOP Nominee, the 2012 Presidential race is a joke!
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